English Vocab 7

Rapacious

aggressively greedy or grasping.

Rapt

completely fascinated by what one is seeing or hearing ; deeply absorbed in something

surreptitious

kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of. ; **Being sneaky**

complicity

the state of being involved with others in an illegal activity or wrongdoing ; **share the blame with someone**

Duplicity

deceitfulness in speech or conduct, as by speaking or acting in two different ways to different people concerning the same matter; double-dealing ; **Two faced or fooling somebody**

explicate

explain in detail

Imply

to express or suggest something indirectly—without explicitly stating it.

supplicate

beg

apprehend

To capture or arrest an individual or  **first starting to realize something (I’m not sure about the second definition).**

reprehend

public disapproval

expedient

(of an action) convenient and practical although possibly improper or immoral. (ex: I told my friend the dress looked nice just so that we could go home).

expedite

make (an action or process) happen sooner or be accomplished more quickly. **Speedy**

Impede

delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them

impediment

1. a hindrance or obstruction in doing something.
2. a defect in a person's speech, such as a lisp or stammer.

Blank verse

__**unrhymed**__ **lines of poetry written in iambic pentameter** 

soliloquy

When a character is speaking their thoughts aloud,  can only be heard by the character speaking and the audience. (the character can also be by itself). Especially used in a play

iambic pentameter

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* a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable, for example *Two households, both alike in dignity*.

Lines of poetry **ten** syllables long that is accented on every **second** beat. (“If music be the food of love, play on;)

Prose

Writing that is not poetry; (sentences, paragraphs, everyday language-- all prose)

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aside

a remark or passage in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play.

Rapt/rept/rap

to seize

pede

child

plic/ply

to fold

sur(b)

on/above

sup(b)

below

Du(o)

two

Im

in, into, not

Ex

out of, from

Ac, Ad, Ap

to, toward

Com

with, together

Ped

foot

Prehend

to grasp